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Former Managing Editor of the Northwest Herald Chris Krug is now in charge of the Illinois News Network, where he has brought along former NWH Dan McCaleb. Krug wrote the following column about his reporter’s dealing with Mike Madigan: Krug: … Continue reading →

Former Group Editor, among other titles, at the Northwest Herald has moved on. He still lives in Cary, but now he is Publisher of Pioneer Press, a chain of weekly newspapers owned by the Chicago Sun-Times. The chain used to … Continue reading →

Newspaper coverage of Congressman Joe Walsh’s child support payment problems diminished over the weekend. I could find only two mentions in Chicago’s daily newspapers. Walsh was ridiculed in the Chicago Tribune on Saturday. That’s probably the edition that is least … Continue reading →

Sunday, the Northwest Herald published a guest column by Huntley School District 158 John Burkey: Facts about D-158’s fiscal outlook Burkey took Executive Editor Chris Krug to task. Here’s part of what Burkey wrote: “Mr. Krug stated that District 158 … Continue reading →

That wasn’t exactly the title used by Executive Editor of the Northwest Herald, but it’s close. In his Sunday column, mainly about opposition to turning Resurrection Center into retirement condos and the NIMBY opposition, Christ Krug comments on how McHenry … Continue reading →

If he did, he might have noticed the new information about the missing computer data from McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s Office. In his Sunday column, which popped up on a Google subject matter search engine unrelated to the … Continue reading →

When I reference the Northwest Herald, I call it the Northwest Herald. No reciprocity with the NW Herald’s Group Editor (oops, I see the title is now “General Manager and Executive Editor”) Chris Krug. He was pleasant enough in person … Continue reading →

When I reference the Northwest Herald, I call it the Northwest Herald. No reciprocity with the NW Herald’s Group Editor (oops, I see the title is now “General Manager and Executive Editor”) Chris Krug. He was pleasant enough in person … Continue reading →

It appears the Northwest Herald web site has been hijacked by someone who likes Southern California valley girls. When I went to check out the stories the NW Herald was running today, there was no news. The traditional web site … Continue reading →

It appears the Northwest Herald web site has been hijacked by someone who likes Southern California valley girls. When I went to check out the stories the NW Herald was running today, there was no news. The traditional web site … Continue reading →

I searched for the Northwest Herald’s Chris Krug’s column online last Sunday and was disappointed. I guess he and his family were on vacation. Maybe at a water park. (Reading old NW Heralds at my in-laws’ house on Sunday, I … Continue reading →

I searched for the Northwest Herald’s Chris Krug’s column online last Sunday and was disappointed. I guess he and his family were on vacation. Maybe at a water park. (Reading old NW Heralds at my in-laws’ house on Sunday, I … Continue reading →

As I mentioned Friday, it doesn’t take a media analyst to figure out newspapers are having problems. Sunday, the Northwest Herald’s Chris Krug shared some of what is happening at his paper, one of the few in the Chicago area … Continue reading →

As I mentioned Friday, it doesn’t take a media analyst to figure out newspapers are having problems. Sunday, the Northwest Herald’s Chris Krug shared some of what is happening at his paper, one of the few in the Chicago area … Continue reading →

You can’t tell me that the Northwest Herald’s Chris Kurg doesn’t have a sense of humor. In his Sunday column, he tells of an encounter with a bat. No. This isn’t a Dracula story. Nothing about Ivan, the Impaler. But, … Continue reading →

You can’t tell me that the Northwest Herald’s Chris Kurg doesn’t have a sense of humor. In his Sunday column, he tells of an encounter with a bat. No. This isn’t a Dracula story. Nothing about Ivan, the Impaler. But, … Continue reading →

Even though Chris Krug told me at the McHenry County Economic Development Commission dinner that the baseball stadium at McHenry County College was dead before the board had taken the vote, he seems as hung up about the loss as … Continue reading →

Even though Chris Krug told me at the McHenry County Economic Development Commission dinner that the baseball stadium at McHenry County College was dead before the board had taken the vote, he seems as hung up about the loss as … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I started a three-part article about what MCC might do to regain public trust in order to get support for the baseball stadium that four of its board members (George Lowe, Barbara Walters, Mary Miller and Carol Larson) desire … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I started a three-part article about what MCC might do to regain public trust in order to get support for the baseball stadium that four of its board members (George Lowe, Barbara Walters, Mary Miller and Carol Larson) desire … Continue reading →